Mappls MapmyIndia Tops App Stores Chart, Challenges Google’s Dominance in Navigation – News18

Mappls MapmyIndia, the made in India maps and navigation app, has been the primary utility on the Apple iOS App Store throughout all classes, along with being the primary app within the navigation class, whereas Google Maps is the seventh hottest app within the Apple App Store. It can be the preferred app within the Maps and Navigation class on the Android Google Play Store.

Mappls App is among the many prime 15 functions within the Google Play Store throughout all classes, forward of another app in associated classes (maps and navigation, in addition to journey and native). Google Maps shouldn’t be one of many Google Play Store’s prime 100 functions.

The app is supported by essentially the most superior and cutting-edge underlying map knowledge and know-how, permitting all customers to have the neatest, most secure, and most correct maps and navigation expertise attainable within the nation.

The firm constructed India’s very first web mapping platform and portal, MapmyIndia.com (now known as Mappls.com) in 2004.

Speaking to News18 concerning the success, Rohan Verma CEO & ED, MapmyIndia & Mappls, mentioned: “The large majority, 95% of people, from India mainly downloaded Mappls App as the app is mainly focused on giving mapping information about this country. It also happened at a time when we simply did no advertisement. Some NRIs from the US, Canada and the Middle East are also downloading this app, but mainly because they want to see their country.”

“In the past few months, people have suddenly realised why use Google Maps when Mapples App provides so many details. All this happened in a very organic way, we never paid any influencer to do a video on this, did not go for any advertisement, but people started to talk about it and one after another people started to use this app,” he added.

About taking this app to different nations, Verma said that, finally, the corporate could plan one thing however at present, contemplating the big measurement of the market in India, the main target helps a whole lot of thousands and thousands of residents with safer street mapping options equivalent to junction view, pace restrict alerts, toll value and journey value on a route, security alerts for upcoming pace breakers, sharp curves and potholes.

“We want to solve India’s issues and work for this country first, and eventually we want to go international. But right now the core focus is India,” mentioned Verma.